Unexpected behaviour in im.counters endpont API

[e-o-j]

Description:

When querying the im.counters endpoint for a user that has never entered the chat, the unreads counter returns null instead of the total number of messages in the room.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a direct message conversation between two users
2. Send some messages from one of the users
3. Query the im.counters endpoint with the userId of the other user of the conversation

Expected behavior:

The unreads variable shows the same number of messages as the msgs variable.

Actual behavior:

The unreads variable returns null

Server Setup Information:

• Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 6.10.2
• License Type: Community
• Number of Users: 479
• Operating System: Debian 12 (bookworm)
• Deployment Method: docker
• Number of Running Instances: 1

[reetp]

Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 6.10.2

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